Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY PICTURES # 111, 1 by Lily_love

Lily_love wrote:
For those of us that interested in take cuttings, and stagger the "food source" for our lovely Monarchs.

This is what I do this year.

Those cuttings that I took to rear my Monarch larvae indoor. Once the leafy portions are eaten down, I took them out, and replaced with fresh cuttings. Not all was going to the trash bin. I rooted them by simply put them in cups of clean water. Be sure to rinse all the debris and keep your cutting as clean as possible. I change out the water every other 2-3 days. Placed the cuttings under a light source, let it be natural light, or florescent light. Mine is florescent. This process begun as soon as I started my cats collection in early last month. As of today. I've this many cuttings, I will share 'em with my local butterflies enthusiastic friends, or donate them to my favorite nursery in my small town, let's them promote their sales to the general population who will find tropical MW do have their place in our garden.

Back to my butterflies nursery: My last caterpillar spun its silk last night, before lunch it was actively transforming to a chrysalis, right now at the moment. In my inventory, I've 5 green chrysalids -- ah, chrysalides (thank you N.A.N.) and no more larvae in the glass pillar house. Sniff sniff, unless y'all from up north send me more Monarch down my way.